Congress Opens War Session Amid Bold Budget Plan
The second session of the 65th Congress begins with war appropriations totaling 13.5 billion dollars for next year as President Wilson faces a swift agenda. Lawmakers expect major war measures and possible probes into sugar shortages while Hoch officials prepare for a joint session to hear the president.
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German Spy Now Representing Slavs in Brest-Litovsk Talks
Stockholm reports Viladimer Schneur, a Bolshevik representative at Brest-Litovsk, was arrested in Petrograd as a German spy a fortnight before the revolution last March, according to an AP source.
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Allied Forces Refit While Germans Push on Italian Front
Washington dispatch reports wartime review noting rising mobility over static trench warfare on all fronts. Germany seeks a decisive western front blow while massing troops to invade Italy and reinforce in Russia. British forces contain Cambrai fighting as Italy receives allied aid and Palestine operations pause for reinforcements.
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Two Rampaging Balloons Hovered Then Grounded After Chaos
Two U S army observation balloons were unleashed by accident and drifted across Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and back into Nebraska before ground capture. The Fort Omaha bag trailing six thousand feet of cable caused widespread wire damage and property concerns in Newton Kansas while the Fort Sill balloon carried two officers when an airplane broke its anchor before landing safely. The airplane sustained minor damage and the pilots were not seriously harmed.
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Villa Moves South With Main Forces
Francisco Villa and his personal command are now believed to have moved south from the Santa Clara canyon toward the Chihuahua Durango state line leaving Martin Lopez with 300 men in Santa Clara to disrupt train traffic and harass settlements near Chihuahua City Gen Murguia has not yet joined the field but plans a campaign soon A passenger train resumed service today for the first time in eight days after suspensions due to Villa's activity along the railroad.
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Mutiny on German Sub Sailors End in Surrender to U S Ship
An Atlantic port reports an enlisted Navy man recounting mutiny aboard a German submarine. Officers were killed and the crew surrendered to an American warship, marking a notable wartime incident.
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Weather Forecast for New Mexico Seen Fair and Cold
The Denver weather forecast from December 3 predicts generally fair and colder conditions for New Mexico on Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature drops and dry skies expected across the region.
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Weather summary for twenty four hours ends last evening
The report notes a maximum temperature of 55 degrees and a minimum of 26 with a 29 degree range. At 6 p.m. the temperature was not specified, the wind was from the southwest and conditions were clear.
East Africa Cleared of Enemy Says War Report
London dispatch reports General Vandeventer announces East Africa is completely cleared of German forces. Reconnaissances confirm the entire German overseas territory controlled by Allied troops and Belgian units with only a small remnant retreating to Portuguese areas.
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Pershing Reports Deaths From Disease
Morning Journal Special Leased wing Washington Dec 3 These deaths from natural causes among American expeditionary forces were reported by General Pershing to the war department today Private Charles B Peppers engineer November 22 lobar pneumonia Audubon Iowa Private Edward N Wright engineer St Maries Idaho Private Martin Herron machine gun company November 26 broncho pneumonia Littleton New Hampshire Private First Class Kenneth B Hay M E R E November 23 pneumonia Dubois Pennsylvania Private Boor November 30 pulmonary congestion and pericarditis Connorton Ohio Private Earl Monahan machine gun company November 25 alcoholic poisoning Cincinnati
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Earl Monahan
Cincinnati
Armistice Announced On Russian Front In Morning Journal
Vienna reports an official communication stating that in recent days armistices have been declared across many sectors of the Russian front from division to division and corps to corps The Pripet region sees the Russian army concluding an official armistice with the Allied Teutonic forces
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Americans Drive Bandits From Mexican Border Outpost
American cavalry units near Marfa Texas engaged Mexican outlaws firing on patrol. Troops crossed the river into Mexico and killed twelve bandits including Felipe Romero and Rafael Venasiade, burning their shacks after driving occupants out. Reinforcements arrived as Villa forces moved families toward Palomas.
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Armistice Talks and Frontline Action Report
Describes intense allied and German fighting around Cambrai with British counterattacks at La Vacquerie and Villers Guislain. Mentions German claims of British losses and prison numbers, Russian armistice negotiations, and Bolshevik pressure on General Staff headquarters. Also notes Allied conference outcomes and Col. House's closing remarks on unity.
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Western miners to discuss government silver price plan
Salt Lake City Utah December 2 1910 mining men of the western states will gather for a conference on the governments fixation of silver prices The meeting was postponed one day due to train delays and Senator W H King will delay his trip to Washington to address the gathering
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